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WorksheetsConvergent Plate Boundaries (Regents Earth Science)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 30mins
The block diagram below represents the formation of an island arc near a plate boundary.
An island arc is located near the boundary between which two tectonic plates?
Antarctic Plate and Indian–Australian Plate
Philippine Plate and Eurasian Plate
African Plate and North American Plate
Scotia Plate and South American Plate
The cross section below represents a lithospheric plate boundary.
In which diagram do the arrows show the relative directions of plate movement at this type of plate boundary?
Compared to the oceanic crust, the continental crust is
more dense and more mafic
more dense and more felsic
less dense and more mafic
less dense and more felsic
Which tectonic plate boundary is best represented by this diagram?
Nazca Plate and Pacific Plate boundary
Scotia Plate and South American Plate boundary
Juan de Fuca Plate and North American Plate boundary
Antarctic Plate and Indian-Australian Plate boundary
Which cross section best represents the convection currents in the mantle beneath the Peru-Chile Trench?
The block diagram below shows the boundary between two tectonic plates.
divergent
convergent
complex
transform
At which plate boundary is one lithospheric plate sliding under another?
Nazca Plate and Antarctic Plate
Pacific Plate and Indian-Australian Plate
Indian-Australian Plate and Antarctic Plate
Nazca Plate and Pacific Plate
According to the plate tectonics theory, the Peru-Chile Trench and the Andes Mountains formed along the west coast of South America because the South American Plate...
collided with the Nazca Plate
collided with the North American Plate
slid away from the Nazca Plate
slid away from the North American Plate
Which of the following is located at a converging plate boundary?
Southwest Indian Ridge
Iceland Hotspot
Marianas Trench
Sandwich Plate
The movement of tectonic plates is inferred by many scientists to be driven by...
tidal motions in the hydrosphere
density differences in the troposphere
convection currents in the asthenosphere
solidification in the lithosphere
